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After dealing with the riot, proceed inside Vigil's Keep to the throne room. The nobles want to meet you for an important matter. Bann Esmerelle will then blame the Warden-Commander (or the Wardens in general in case of an Orlesian Warden) for killing the Arl, who was good to them.

Crow Assassin in action

Then an Antivan Crow will try to assassinate you, but Varel will prevent his attempt but injure himself in the process. Once this happens a fight will start and your party will need to kill Bann Esmerelle, the other noble conspirators, and the four Antivan Crows. The Crow Assassin is a boss-ranked enemy with multiple rogue talents. Varel won't be able to assist as he is unconscious on the floor.

Once the fight is over and all enemies are killed, Captain Garevel shows up and examines Varel's injury and says that he will live. Once he realizes that Bann Esmerelle was behind the assassination attempt, depending on the dialogue choice, he'll apologize for failing the Warden-Commander and that it won't happen again, or mention it was foolish of Esmerelle to attempt such a thing. Afterwards he says that he will assign trusted men to clean up this mess and advises the Commander to keep it secret for a while as there is enough cause for panic already.

Note: Neither the storage chest, the NPCs who are usually inside the throne room, or inactive party members will be present during this quest. This is the only time you have control over your whole party inside the throne room. Once you leave and go back inside, everything will be back to normal, so it is advisable to loot the bodies before you exit the room.

Ser Derren - if the land was not given to him, or he wasn't persuaded during the A Day In Court quest that he will be repaid somehow; note that he isn't part of the conspirators even if the Warden-Commander failed the persuasion check but still chose that option

Interesting LureInteresting LureTrap-Making The inventor of this lure claimed to be inspired by the distracting beauty of a flaxen-haired tavern wench. Although the resemblance is hard to see, this device is admittedly attractive, as inanimate objects go.